Writing

Over vacation I read Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson . Unlike many other recent books tackling the climate crisis , it is entirely focused on the controversial issue of geoengineering through solar radiation modification (SMR). The basic idea of SMR [...]  Read more

We are once again at a transition moment in history. Where our journey goes from here could be exceptionally good or absurdly bad. This mirrors past moments, such as the transition into the Agrarian Age, which gave us early high [...]  Read more

We are once again at a transition moment in history. Where our journey goes from here could be exceptionally good or absurdly bad. This mirrors past moments, such as the transition into the Agrarian Age, which gave us early high [...]  Read more

If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to check out the Network State Project . The basic idea is to form new states online first, with an eventual goal of controlling land in the real world. While [...]  Read more

If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to check out the Network State Project . The basic idea is to form new states online first, with an eventual goal of controlling land in the real world. While [...]  Read more

We have had Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta on our Tesla Model Y for some time. I had written a previous post on how much the autodrive reduces the stress of driving and want to update it for the FSD [...]  Read more

We have had Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta on our Tesla Model Y for some time. I had written a previous post on how much the autodrive reduces the stress of driving and want to update it for the FSD [...]  Read more

Elon Musk has successfully acquired Twitter . Many people seem convinced he will ruin it in short order. And while that’s of course conceivable, it is also possible that he will fix some long running problems. It’ s not like [...]  Read more

Elon Musk has successfully acquired Twitter . Many people seem convinced he will ruin it in short order. And while that’s of course conceivable, it is also possible that he will fix some long running problems. It’ s not like [...]  Read more